Learn how to play 10 easy Bluegrass Mandolin solos designed to help you develop your personal solo designing skills.

On the AUDIO portion of this course, each lesson is presented in 4 steps. - First each solo is played at normal speed with accompanying rhythm guitar to demonstrate the finished product. - Next, a plain bare bones melody is played with accompanying rhythm, because the plain melody is the framework that the stylized mandolin solo is built from. - Third, the solo is played at half speed so the student can hear it under the microscope. - And last, a jam along version allows the student to play along after he or she is ready to keep up with the music. *The jam track consists of 5 rounds, with the solos recorded on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th round and an empty space for the student on the 2nd and 4th rounds. Each song in this course is in the key of A to allow the student to observe the similarities from song to song, for the purpose of understanding solo development. *Note: we have many courses that teach all of the other keys after a student is ready for the next step.

How to hold and tune the mandolin; basic chords and scales; simple melodies; how to work with open strings and execute double-stops; plus much more. Songs: John Henry Nine-Pound Hammer Old Joe Clark Sally Goodin. 60-MINUTE DVD INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB LEVEL 1.
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Chris Thile shares his own successful formula for developing right- and left-hand dexterity, improving speed and accuracy, and playing with heightened musicality. He provides numerous exercises that will make all the difference as aspiring players learn. 85-MIN. DVD � LEVEL 3 � INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB
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Anyone Can Play Mandolin

For beginning mandolin students. It teaches the fundamentals of mandolin, chord strumming, single-note melody picking, and explains tablature. Does not require any previous musical experience or note-reading ability. You will learn several well-known bluegrass songs in both strumming and picking styles.
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